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If someone exhumed a coffin after a year would the person be recognizable?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    not sure, but I've often wondered that myself....as for "just_ine_" who ever said that we cannot ask questions that do not for once involve sex, relationships, issues, or other drama....this person just wants a question answered...and he/she prefers the gay community....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have actually pondered this before, and the answer these days, I believe is yes. They have exhumed bodies after 30 years or so in the interest of solving a cold case with the flesh intact. So I don't think recognition after one year is too far a leap. Good question!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Depends on the climatic conditions. In Green Land and Siberia, yes recognizable but African countries and South Asian countries it would be decomposed beyond recognition.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes. The person doesn't change at all for 20 years due to embalming.

    Source(s): Funeral Director told me
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  • 1 decade ago

    That completely depends on how the body was prepared. Why are you asking this kind of question in the GLBT forum?

  • Jeff
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    if the person was burried in antarctica, the body would likely stay frozen and still be in tact..

    otherwise, decomposition would likely occure and yes, they'd be unrecognizable..

  • 1 decade ago

    not sure but might have something to do with the temp in the area they were buried in

  • DEATH
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    What does this have to do with the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered" Category?

    Oh, that's right...nothing...thanks for playing!

  • 1 decade ago

    If it was year I doubt the body would be that decomposed thanks to modern day embalming.

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